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Title: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 14, 2012, 06:33:14 AM
Since I dont have a linux machine, blogging about linux gaming is probably going to come up short.

So I figure I'll throw that effort behind some amiga blogging (classic and MOS, since thats what I have access to).

http://theamigablog.blogspot.com/

only a stupid intro post so far, but we'll see where it goes. Suggestions are of course quite welcome.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: SimonV on July 14, 2012, 08:23:25 AM
Your powermac can run linux ... not sure how much gaming you can do with it tough.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 16, 2012, 04:33:09 AM
As an aside, a short post today about why amiga's are still interesting, or at least one theory on such.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 19, 2012, 06:12:45 PM
A quick update, talking about the two joystick switchers i have, and why you should get one
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: paul1981 on July 19, 2012, 06:22:16 PM
Quote from: runequester;700677
A quick update, talking about the two joystick switchers i have, and why you should get one

I'd like a few joystick/port switches for my Amigas. Not sure where to get them from though.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 19, 2012, 06:31:20 PM
I got both (I think) off amibay, but yeah, it's pretty much all second hand.

I am surprised with all the other widgets and adapters people have come up with, that nobody is producing a small run of these.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: desiv on July 19, 2012, 07:04:07 PM
Amigakit is selling them.
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=961

Not sure if they are new or new old stock...

Heading over to check out your blogpost. ;-)

desiv
(Also, not an endorsement of the above product per se.  I like Amigakit, but I haven't used that switcher; don't own one..)
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: paul1981 on July 19, 2012, 07:08:30 PM
Quote from: desiv;700692
Amigakit is selling them.
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=961

Not sure if they are new or new old stock...

Heading over to check out your blogpost. ;-)

desiv
(Also, not an endorsement of the above product per se.  I like Amigakit, but I haven't used that switcher; don't own one..)

Thanks, I'll check that out!
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 19, 2012, 07:17:32 PM
actually, I think thats cheaper than what I paid for mine :)
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: commodorejohn on July 19, 2012, 07:21:25 PM
I'd read, but any site where I have to enable Javascript just to get god*** text content is a no-go for me.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 19, 2012, 07:25:20 PM
hrm, I dont know if there's a way around that. Blogger is pretty "bloated" with things. I mostly figure if it renders in OWB it should render anywhere.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: desiv on July 19, 2012, 07:32:23 PM
Quote from: runequester;700696
actually, I think thats cheaper than what I paid for mine :)
Maybe, but your's looks MUCH KUALER!!!  :banana:
;-)

desiv
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: commodorejohn on July 19, 2012, 07:33:06 PM
Well, A. it doesn't render in Firefox 1.5 (and anybody who plans to jump in telling me that I have a moral obligation to use a newer browser can save their breath,) and B. requiring Javascript to dynamically load static content is just wrong.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 19, 2012, 09:46:24 PM
Yah I dont blame ya.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2012, 07:14:23 PM
Couple of posts, one is a retrospective on the A1000, and another a brief review of sorts of the ACA 030 card I own. Not a lot of MOS stuff yet, but we'll see :) I got some things waiting
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: paul1981 on July 25, 2012, 07:33:15 PM
Quote from: runequester;701203
Couple of posts, one is a retrospective on the A1000, and another a brief review of sorts of the ACA 030 card I own. Not a lot of MOS stuff yet, but we'll see :) I got some things waiting

Nice read... thanks!
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2012, 07:49:59 PM
Thanks!

Im sort of feeling out territory and what sort of stuff to put on there.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: krashan on July 25, 2012, 08:01:30 PM
@runequester

Just some nitpicking, "MorphOS" is written without space inside :-). Waiting for more blogs about it...
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2012, 08:28:46 PM
haha, thanks. I'll correct :)

Since MorphOS is my main computer now, I am hoping to do a quick rundown of how to get by day-to-day. Maybe tonight or this weekend.
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: krashan on July 30, 2012, 07:44:00 AM
I've just read your Quake post on the blog. I suggest to try also Return to Castle Wolfenstein, it is even better :-).
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: paul1981 on July 31, 2012, 01:44:17 AM
Quote from: Krashan;701559
I've just read your Quake post on the blog. I suggest to try also Return to Castle Wolfenstein, it is even better :-).

I spent many a day on RTCW multiplayer. A truly absorbing game. ;)
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on August 01, 2012, 05:25:06 PM
I'll need to get a hold of a copy. I'm a big Roguelike RPG fan, so I was excited to see it's possible to play Dungeon Crawl stone soup on MOS, through the online server


As an aside, today, A2000 retrospective and I'll hope to get the 500 up there too!
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on August 24, 2012, 06:15:29 AM
A couple new posts. As an aside, if any of you lot want to pitch in and help, Blogger permits multiple authors for one blog. Shoot me a PM. It'd be cool to have something with a fair bit of traffic.

edit: Also, if one of you had a comment accidentally deleted, I completely apologize. It looked like two identical comments but when I deleted one, it deleted both. Or maybe I just am getting stupid with age. In any event, sorry!
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: krashan on November 11, 2012, 09:06:49 AM
And now the end of MorphOS adventure. What can I say, nothing personal, but I'm no more interested in the blog then. I've found it also discouraging that posting a comment there requires to have an account on Google or some other useless services. Thanks for good reading anyway...
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: persia on November 11, 2012, 05:33:51 PM
(http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/35a/335/272/resized/creepy-willy-wonka-meme-generator-oh-really-now-tell-me-more-38d49d.jpg)
Title: Re: okay, so I'll start blogging about amigas now
Post by: runequester on November 14, 2012, 01:31:16 AM
Sorry to hear that. Maybe some other time!

I didn't think about the google account requirement, so I disabled it.